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Characterization of a neutron imaging setup at the INES facility

Authors :
E. Durisi
Alessandro Re
Walter Ferrarese
Rosa Brancaccio
L. Ramello
Roberto Sacchi
F. Albertin
Nadia Pastrone
Alessandra Romero
A. Lo Giudice
F. Prino
Amedeo Staiano
Filomena Salvemini
Antonella Scherillo
Giorgia Mila
N. Grassi
M. Nervo
G. Dughera
Francesco Grazzi
A. Giovagnoli
Lorenzo Visca
Jacopo Corsi
Source :
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (Online) 726 (2013): 31–36. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.074, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:E.A. Durisi (a,b); L. Visca (a,b); F. Albertin (b); R. Brancaccio (b); J. Corsi (a,b); G. Dughera (b); W. Ferrarese (a,b); A. Giovagnoli (c); N. Grassi (c); F. Grazzi (d); A. Lo Giudice (a,b); G. Mila (a,b); M. Nervo (c); N. Pastrone (b); F. Prino (b); L. Ramello (e,b); A. Re (a,b); A. Romero (a,b); R. Sacchi (a,b); F. Salvemini (d); A. Scherillo (d,f); A. Staiano (b)/titolo:Characterization of a neutron imaging setup at the INES facility/doi:10.1016%2Fj.nima.2013.05.074/rivista:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (Online)/anno:2013/pagina_da:31/pagina_a:36/intervallo_pagine:31–36/volume:726
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2013.

Abstract

The Italian Neutron Experimental Station (INES) located at the ISIS pulsed neutron source (Didcot, United Kingdom) provides a thermal neutron beam mainly used for diffraction analysis. A neutron transmission imaging system was also developed for beam monitoring and for aligning the sample under investigation. Although the time-of-flight neutron diffraction is a consolidated technique, the neutron imaging setup is not yet completely characterized and optimized. In this paper the performance for neutron radiography and tomography at INES of two scintillator screens read out by two different commercial CCD cameras is compared in terms of linearity, signal-to-noise ratio, effective dynamic range and spatial resolution. In addition, the results of neutron radiographies and a tomography of metal alloy test structures are presented to better characterize the INES imaging capabilities of metal artifacts in the cultural heritage field. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Details

ISSN :
01689002
Volume :
726
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ef9613187dd2c39229d479e5f46902bc
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.074